• vt. 搬運；攜帶；拖曳；緩慢費力地行進
• n. 笨蛋；無用的人；難辦之事
• vi. 拖曳；緩慢費力地行進

來自依地語 shlepen,拖，拉，詞源同 slip,滑動，滑落。字母-s-在德語和依地語音變?yōu)?sch-. 引申詞義搬運，后用于指不情愿的趕往等。

schlep

schlep: see shemozzle

schlep (v.)

"to carry or drag," 1922 (in Joyce's "Ulysses"), from Yiddish shlepen "to drag," from Middle High German sleppen, related to Old High German sleifen "to drag," and slifan "to slide, slip" (cognate with Middle English slippen; see slip (v.)). Related: Schlepped; schlepping.

schlep (n.)

"stupid person, loser," 1939, short for schlepper "person of little worth" (1934), in Yiddish, "fool, beggar, scrounger," from schlep (v.) "to carry or drag" (for sense evolution, compare drag (n.) "annoying dull person").

1. You didn't just schlep your guitar around from folk club to folk club.

你不只是背著吉他艱難地從一家鄉(xiāng)村俱樂部轉(zhuǎn)到另一家。

來自柯林斯例句